SOLUTION: Under a dilation with center P and scale factor K, A' is the image of A. Find K if PA=7 and PP'=35

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Question 1062919: Under a dilation with center P and scale factor K, A' is the image of A. Find K if PA=7 and PP'=35
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Under a dilation with center P and scale factor K, A' is the image of A. Find K if PA=7 and PP'=35
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Wrong condition.

Under dilation with the center P, PP' = 0 necessarily.

If you mean PA' = 35, then K = 5.